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CVE-2025-39849 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: sme: cap SSID length in __cfg80211_connect_result() If the ssid->datalen is more than IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN (32) it would lead to memory corruption so add some bounds checking.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31229145e6ba5ace3e9391113376fa05b7831ede kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cb7cab7adf9b1e6a99e2081b0e30e9e59d07523 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62b635dcd69c4fde7ce1de4992d71420a37e51e3 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e751d46336205abc259ed3990e850a9843fb649 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e472f59d02c82b511bc43a3f96d62ed08bf4537f kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-39849
NVD Published Date:
09/19/2025
NVD Last Modified:
09/19/2025
Source:
kernel.org